Recording the behavior, growth and antics of our foster animals.

Casanova Kiji

I’ve only fostered three times before with a total of four cats. All four of those cats were kittens. This time fostering, I had specifically requested a male cat, but I didn’t expect what I got with Kiji. He is gigantic. My cat, LoLo, is a big girl, but Kiji is a giant beautiful boy. He’s got that fantastic tomcat skull.

The really funny thing about him, though, is that he’s a ridiculous baby. My 10-pound, three-legged cat, Vinnie, totally freaks him out when she hisses at him. (It usually takes her awhile to get used to my fosters.) He’s got a total baby’s meow that seems really incongruous coming out of such a big body.

I can’t use my camera right now, so I can’t post a photo, but he truly is a beautiful boy. He’s a dark tabby with a white chin and ruff. He also “wears” white spats on his front feet and what look like white athletic socks halfway up his back legs. He’s an incredibly graceful boy and doesn’t so much walk as snake around the apartment.

He’s quite the Don Juan with my two girls, even though they’re not quite sure about him yet. Last night, he jumped up on my bed for the first time since I’ve had him. Miss LoLo was laying at the foot of the bed while Kiji was by me for awhile. But then he slowly inched his way to the foot of the bed, closer and closer to LoLo. It was so funny to watch that eventually I put down my book completely and moved to get a better view of the action. Finally, he was right by her, but not touching her. He gently stretched out a front paw and placed it on the bed, just barely touching her rear. They both slept peacefully once that contact was made.

Since Kiji is four years old and LoLo is 10, I’m totally calling LoLo a cougar now. She’s the Demi Moore of my apartment. 🙂

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